CodeProject Article on Xamarin Cross Platform Development

This article looks at how you can write a cross-platform mobile application with a shared C# code base using Xamarin MonoTouch. The application that is described in the article, a property finder, is exactly the same one that I wrote using HTML5 a few months earlier. This most recent article provides an interesting comparison of the two different techniques.

I actually wrote most of this article about two months ago, it was at this point I decided to embark on PropertyCross, which provides a comparison of a wide range of cross-platform frameworks.

After finishing PropertyCross I decided that the original article was still worth publishing, it provides a lot of technical detail on how to code share with Xamarin specifically.

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I am Technology Director at Scott Logic and am a prolific technical author, blogger and speaker on a range of technologies.

My blog includes posts on a wide range of topics, including HTML5 / JavaScript and data visualisation with D3 and d3fc. You'll also find a whole host of posts about previous technology interests including iOS, Swift, WPF and Silverlight.